What value is there in allied health professional research? To consider this question Sophie Chalmers, Hazel Roddam and fellow researchers conducted a systematic review, which explored the value of research engagement specifically by AHPs, and also considered mechanisms which might connect research engagement with healthcare performance. In this podcast Sophie and Hazel discuss their research and its implications.

We cover:

• What is this new research and why it is important?
• What does it mean for allied health professionals?
• What does it mean for their organisations?
• How do AHPs develop their research skills?
• The launch of the multi professional research capabilities framework.

Interviewees:

• Sophie Chalmers, Speech and Language Therapist & NIHR ARC-GM pre-doctoral fellow
• Dr Hazel Roddam, FRCSLT, HEE's Lead for the AHP Research & Innovation Strategy for England 2022

Resources:

1. Link to paper being discussed
The value of allied health professional research engagement on healthcare performance: a systematic review
S. Chalmers, J. Hill, L. Connell, S. Ackerley, A. Kulkarni & H. Roddam, BMC Health Services Research, volume 23, Article number: 766 (2023) https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-023-09555-9

2. Link to bitesize resources from this paper:
Infographic: https://twitter.com/SChalmersSLT/status/1687172202553102336/photo/1

AHPs2mintalks video:
https://x.com/SChalmersSLT/status/1684863198434844673?s=20

3. NIHR research capacity building funding streams
Information resource for all AHPs
https://cahpr.csp.org.uk/news/2024-03-12-new-nihr-research-training-development-career-awards

4. NHS England Multi professional research capabilities framework launched February 2024
https://advanced-practice.hee.nhs.uk/research-framework-launched/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Orlo


5. Related paper
‘It depends’: what 86 systematic reviews tell us about what strategies to use to support the use of research in clinical practice
Annette Boaz, Juan Baeza, Alec Fraser & Erik Persson
Implementation Science volume 19, Article number: 15 (2024) https://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13012-024-01337-z

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